County health officials want to make sure the flu is something people don’t receive this holiday season.
As part of National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Riverside County Department of Public Health is reminding residents to get their flu shots as soon as possible, especially since flu season typically peaks this month and in January. (Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons)
As part of National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Riverside County Department of Public Health is reminding residents to get their flu shots as soon as possible, especially since flu season typically peaks this month and in January, health officials said.
“The best way to protect yourself and your family is to be preventative and be proactive,” said Tonya Geiger, the county’s chief for immunization. “We want Riverside County families healthy and encourage residents to get a flu shot.”
From October through Nov. 30, nearly 10,000 flu shots have been administered in Riverside County, Geiger said.
Quick Tips if You’re Sick:
- If you’re sick, don’t go into work and make everyone else sick. Get some rest.
- Cover your cough.
- Sometimes we can’t get to soap and water so make sure to use antibacterial gel.
~Tonya Geiger, the county’s chief for immunization.
~Courtesy of Riverside County Department of Public Health
Something, she said is outstanding.
“And we’re still giving more,” she said. “That’s a number we’re hoping doesn’t decline.”
She added that flu season can begin in October and can linger through June, which is why county officials offer flu shots throughout the fall and winter months.
Though anyone is susceptible to the flu, the most at-risk people are pregnant women, children younger than 5, adults older than 50, those with a chronic health condition like asthma, or caregivers and healthcare workers, county officials said.
The vaccine is recommended for residents six months and older, Geiger said.
This year’s vaccine will protect against the H1N1 strain, as well as H3N2 and influenza B, according to the California Department of Public Health.
The county’s 10 Family Care Centers offer flu shot clinics in Lake Elsinore, Hemet, Perris, Corona, Riverside, Rubidoux, Jurupa, Banning, Palm Springs and Indio.
Loading ...
It’s a lie. GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of the current vaccine FLULAVAL, says in ITS OWN LITERATURE included with the serum that IT HAS NOT SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE. (Notice how you as a patient/consumer NEVER get to see this literature.) Here is the pertinent part:
“FLULAVAL is an influenza virus vaccine indicated for active immunization of adults 18 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and type B contained in the vaccine. This indication is based on immune response elicited by FLULAVAL, and there have been no controlled trials demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLULAVAL.”
Nice.
Further, do you know what it IS the flu vaccine cocktail? Flu strains are selected and cultivated in chick embryos for several weeks before being inactivated with FORMALDEHYDE, which is a well-known CANCER-CAUSING agent. Then, the sera is preserved with THIMEROSAL, which is 49% MERCURY! The scary part is that most healthcare professionals do NOT even know that Thimerosal IS mercury! Some doses contain 25mcg of mercury per dose — 250 TIMES THE EPA’S SAFETY LIMIT FOR MERCURY!!
So, what else is in there? Aluminum (linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s), Triton X-100 (detergent), Phenol (carbolic acid), ethylene glycol (automobile antifreeze), betapropiolactone (disinfectant), Nonoxynol (used to halt the growth of STDs), Octoxinal 9 (vaginal spermicide), sodium phosphate.
That’s just for starters.
Are they effective? Well, their POTENTIAL effeciveness is dependent on the ASSUMPTION — made nearly a YEAR IN ADVANCE — that a certain viral strain (Asian) will be the one present in the U.S. When they guess wrong, the “vaccine” in worthless from the start.
Study after study has shown that the flu vaccine does NOT prevent the flu nor minimize deaths associated with flu-related infections/complications.
Do yourself a favor, taking Vitamin D supplements — or get some Fall/Winter sunshine — has been shown to be JUST AS EFFECTIVE in helping to avoid the flu as that poison cocktail called a vaccine.
True. Great comment. I wish more people would open their eyes to the dangers of vaccines.